Star Wings Skim the Sea Against the Giant Turtle, Meteor Array Gathers Energy to Stabilize the Star River

The sea breeze swept across the water with its salty tang. The External Soul Bone on Lin Zhixia's back, the Star Orbit Shadow Wing, spread open—its pale golden membranes were covered in star-orbit patterns, and every flap scattered fine stardust as it carried her like a meteor toward the waters ten kilometers from Sea God Island. The waters below churned, and a massive shadow could vaguely be seen swimming through the deep sea. It was the fifty-thousand-year-old ferocious beast, the Star River Guardian Turtle.

"The trial begins!" Lin Zhixia gripped the Star Staff tightly. The Meteorite Core at its tip suddenly lit up, and she fiercely pointed it at the sea—three star rings turned into blades of light and slashed into the water. "Roar—" An earthshaking bellow rang out as the shadow surged from the sea. Its shell was over a hundred meters in diameter and covered in blue-black scales that reflected star power. Two imposing bone spurs on its head glinted coldly. It was the Star River Guardian Turtle! The moment it appeared, it opened its massive jaws and fired a gray beam containing the gravity of the sea at Lin Zhixia. It was its famed soul skill, Sinking Sea Beam.

Lin Zhixia flapped the Shadow Wing and swiftly dodged while summoning the Star River Falling Bow. Star power gathered at her fingertips and formed an arrow, which she fired—but the instant it struck the Guardian Turtle's shell, the scales bounced it away without even leaving a white mark. Such formidable defense! Lin Zhixia's heart sank as she immediately unleashed the Meteorite Domain. Countless Meteorite Fragments floated around her. She gripped the Star Staff and poured Soul Power into it, causing the Meteorite Core at its tip to resonate with the fragments in the domain. The fragments instantly turned